Utilidad y rendimiento de los algoritmos de Brugada y Vereckei-2 en el diagnóstico de la taquicardia ventricular idiopática

Introduction and Objectives: There are algorithms such as Brugada and Vereckei-2 for diagnosis of ventricular tachycardia, but they have not been explored in specific series of patients with idiopathic ventricular tachycardia. The purpose of this research was to identify in our series, by simple analysis, the scheme of greater diagnostic performance of the Brugada and Vereckei-2 algorithms. Method: Retrospective and descriptive study in 15 consecutive patients presenting with idiopathic ventricular tachycardia, confirmed by electrophysiological study and other tests at the Cardiac Electrophysiology Service of Cardiocentro "Ernesto Che Guevara" in Santa Clara, Cuba, between January 2004 - Decem-ber 2007. Results: Both algorithms diagnosed 100% of cases. In patients with right ventricle outflow tract ven-tricular tachycardia, the Brugada algorithm diagnosed 50% of cases in step 1, and 83.3% combined with Step 3. The Vereckei-2 algorithm in the first two steps did not diagnose any right ventricle outflow tract ventricular tachycardia. In fascicular right ventricle outflow tract ventricular tachycardia, the Brugada algorithm step 1 only diagnosed 11.1% of cases and none in step 2. The Vereckei-2 algorithm, step 2, has a high diagnostic performance for fascicular ventricular tachycardia: 88.9% of cases. Conclusions: The Vereckei-2 algorithm has greater usefulness in fascicular ventricular tachycardia, with a high diagnostic performance in a single step (step 2). Brugada algorithm, despite having lower diagnostic performance in a single step, has greater usefulness in the diagnosis of right ventricle outflow tract ventricular tachycardia by combining steps 1 and 3. Introducción y objetivos: Existen algoritmos como el de Brugada y Vereckei-2 para el diagnóstico de la taquicardia ventricular, pero no han sido explorados en series específicas de pacientes con taquicardia ventricular idiopática. El propósito de esta investigación no fue otro que identificar en nuestra serie, mediante aná-lisis simple, el esquema de mayor rendimiento diagnóstico de los algoritmos de Brugada y Vereckei-2. Método: Estudio retrospectivo y descriptivo en los 15 pacientes que consecutivamente se presentaron con taquicardia ventricular idiopática, confirmada por estudio electrofisiológico y otras pruebas en el Servicio de Electrofisiología Cardíaca del Cardiocentro "Ernesto Che Guevara" de Santa Clara, Cuba, entre enero 2004-diciembre 2007. Resultados: Ambos algoritmos diagnosticaron el 10